In re Lopez CA4/2

BACKGROUND

In 2010, Lopez was convicted by plea of one count of committing lewd and

lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14 years. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a).) The

victim was Lopez’s four-year-old stepdaughter, who reported that Lopez placed his penis

on her vagina and made her orally copulate him when he babysat her while her mother

was working. Lopez was sentenced to eight years in state prison. He was released in

August 2017 and ordered to serve a maximum term of 10 years on parole. Lopez’s

original parole terms included a condition that prohibited him from having any contact

with any minor female (special condition no. 8).

Lopez was released on parole in August 2017. He married Inez Lopez, and she

gave birth to their daughter Sofia L. nearly one year after he was released.1 Lopez

disclosed Inez’s pregnancy to his parole officer, and after Sofia was born his parole

conditions were modified at his request to allow him to live with Sofia. The conditions

were modified to include now-former special condition no. 67, which provided: “You

shall not have unsupervised contact with your biological daughter, Sofia L. You shall

make sure an adult family member is…